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Tuesday 16th January starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526 |
A FIRST WORLD WAR PAIR LIEUT J.C. NUTTALL. R.A.F.
another Great war medal176474 GNR. J.E. TOYNE R.A., and a 1939-1945 Defence Medal
|
£30 - £50 | £300 | View |
| 527 |
A WWI PAIR; 24547 PTE. L. FLETCHER. WILTS. R.
an 'Ypres' brooch, a WVS badge, a 'Put and take' spinner and other items
|
£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 528 | WITHDRAWN | £30 - £40 | - | View |
| 529 |
A METAL TOPPED SWAGGER STICK WITH REGIMENTAL BADGE
and a small quantity of Falkland Islands maps and ephemera
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£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 530 |
A 19TH CENTURY INDONESIAN SWORD
with white metal lobed pommel, filigree decoration to the wood scabbard, and curved blade, 91cm long
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£30 - £50 | £220 | View |
| 531 |
A 19th CENTURY SUDANESE/NORTH AFRICAN SWORD WITH BRASS HILT
with fleur de lys form guard and cup shaped pommel, in leather scabbard, blade approx 86cm (blade rusted and nicked, scabbard a/f)
|
£40 - £60 | £130 | View |
| 532 |
HMS YARMOUTH, CHINA STATION 1914-16
silk embroidery with watercolour, 54 x 36 cms
|
£20 - £40 | £80 | View |
| 532a | WITHDRAWN | £80 - £150 | - | View |
| 533 |
AN 'M 1909' SWEDISH PARKA COAT
with sheepskin lining
|
£120 - £180 | £220 | View |
| 534 |
A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20H CENTURY GREETINGS POSTCARDS
some American, mostly chromolithographed, Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthday etc, and some later floral cards (two modern albums)
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 535 |
BEKEN & SONS, COWES: A GROUP OF 1930s YACHTING PHOTOGRAPHS
'Lo III', 'Violetta' and others, some in original card folders, and other maritime ephemera
|
£100 - £200 | £80 | View |
| 536 |
A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS
mostly Britain and Europe, early 20th century onwards
|
£20 - £40 | - | View |
| 537 |
A COLLECTION OF WW1 POSTCARDS
including embroidered, photographic, ruined villages etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £50 | View |
| 538 |
A COLLECTION OF MOTORING POSTCARDS
Edwardian and later, cars, trucks, buses etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 539 |
POSTCARDS: FIRST WORLD WAR INTEREST, BOXING INTEREST, AND RAILWAY
some soldier groups, wounded, comic, air-raid damage etc, early 20th cent. boxers (Jack Johnson, Wells, Charpentier etc, a 1918 boxing souvenir item, and other ephemera including a few first day…
|
£40 - £60 | £130 | View |
| 540 |
DOCTOR WHO: JON PERTWEE AUTOGRAPH
on BBC headed paper, Blue Peter (Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves, John Noakes) Steve Ovett, Michael Aspel, Tony Christie, Virginia Wade
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 541 |
A COLLECTION OF WAR MEMORIAL POSTCARDS
WW1, mostly Britain and France, a few non military
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 542 |
A COLLECTION OF CLASSIC RAILWAY POSTCARDS
locomotives, trains, stations, structures, some Officials, mostly early 20th century
|
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 543 |
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY, SHIPPING AND AVIATION CARDS
Edwardian and later, Britain and overseas, a few warships etc.
|
£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 544 |
A 1937 TRADE BOOKLET; 'THE CEMENT MARKETING COMPANY Ltd'
in moderne style with colour illustrations and colour charts, with a James Walker (Architectural decorations limited) Architectural woodwork and fibrous plaster leaflet, another for James Clark and…
|
£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 545 |
A COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC AND WOMEN'S INTEREST BROCHURES
sewing and knitting, , DIY, cooking, farming etc. mostly 1930s-50s
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£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 546 |
PERTH DYE WORKS ADVERTISING FOLDER
with two early 20th century advertising cards for the Yeovil Gazette
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£20 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 547 |
A COLLECTION OF PRINTED EPHEMERA
wartime, domestic, transport, religion, circus etc.
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£20 - £40 | £15 | View |
| 548 |
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821): A HANDWRITTEN LETTER
1800, thanking Charles Reinhard for his letter, and confirming 'the wife' is happy with the number of horses and carriages demanded to make the journey, 23.5cm x 18cm. Charles Reinhard at this time…
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£600 - £800 | £950 | View |
| 549 |
NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU SOULT (1769-1851), FRENCH MINISTER OF WAR: A HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO M. MIZBEL, MEMBER OF THE LONDON INSTITUTE
dated 3rd October 1833, thanking Mizbel for his offer of mango trees and requesting 12 trees destined for the ‘African colony’, 23cm x 18cm; together with a portrait engraving of Soult 21cm x 17cm (2)
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£40 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 550 |
ENID BLYTON HAND WRITTEN LETTER WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
the letter dated May 25.42 to Mr J Horace Knowles illustrator. Dear Mr Knowles thank you for your letter. I am delighted of course that the drawings are going to be just right. I've written to…
|
£100 - £200 | £70 | View |
| 551 |
NELSON MANDELA: AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOREPRODUCTION PRINT
of Mandela with Princess Diana, dated 1990, and another photo with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with a letter from the Office of The President signed by V. Engel, Private Secretary acknowledging reciept…
|
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 552 |
TWO VICTORIAN MUSICAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
with some contents, (both movements in overhauled working order)
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£20 - £40 | £30 | View |
| 553 |
A VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF DORSET INTEREST
Bradford Peverell including interiors of the Rectory, Porchester church, rebuilding of Stratton Church, Stratton Mill, snow storm at Bradford Peverell 1889, garden scenes, Poole Harbour, ships at…
|
£50 - £100 | £170 | View |
| 554 |
A COLLECTION OG MOTOR BIKE BROCHURES
to include Triumph, Vespa, Royal Enfield and many more
|
£30 - £50 | £220 | View |
| 555 |
THE SEAMAN'S SIGNAL MANUAL
dated June 1893; a souvenir letter card of HMS Hood; and a Queen Mary badge (3)
|
£30 - £50 | £18 | View |
| 556 |
A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: STEAMERS AT LULWORTH, PORTLAND QUARRIES
and others, family snapshots etc circa 1920s, and other albums including 1920s and '30s holidays in USA, paddle steamers, etc (5)
|
£30 - £60 | £60 | View |
| 557 |
A QUANTITY OF EDWARDIAN AND LATER POSTCARDS
varied subjects, in albums (5)
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£30 - £60 | £100 | View |
| 558 |
A PHOTO OF A TRACTION ENGINE HAULING BLOCKS OF PORTLAND STONE
'F.J.Barnes Ltd, Portland', circa 1920s/30s, and other ephemera, some of Dorset interest
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£40 - £60 | £70 | View |
| 559 |
A QUANTITY OF DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAELOGICAL SOCIETY BOOKS
and Proceedings
|
£50 - £100 | £10 | View |
| 560 |
A 1930s SCRAPBOOK, 'TRAINS, AEROPLANES, SHIPS- Etc'
and other ephemera, some of Dorset interest
|
£20 - £40 | £45 | View |
| 561 |
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including American postcard souvenir sets, others, stamps, a few 'Guinness' postcards and other items, contained in a filing drawer
|
£30 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 562 |
A COLLECTION OF AMATEUR CB RADIO HAM QSL/QSO CARDS
from many international locations, mostly 1990s
|
£40 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 563 |
A VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
to include images of towns, cathedrals, Suez, Paris and more with a scrap book and 'Railway Machinery' a treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways by Daniel Kinnear Clark
|
£50 - £80 | £100 | View |
| 564 |
FRAMED SIGNED 'JAN MOLBY' PICTURE
authentic autograph of former Liverpool and Danish footballer Jan Molby
|
£50 - £80 | - | View |
| 565 |
KATHLEEN HALE, ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT
A Camping Holiday, His Silver Wedding, A Trip Abroad, Buys a Farm
|
£20 - £40 | £70 | View |
| 566 |
JOSEPH STRUTT, SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND
London 1845, with John Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of the People of England, , London 1849, 3 vols
|
£50 - £80 | £140 | View |
| 567 |
A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
various artists including Lawson Wood, Harry Rowntree etc
|
£20 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 568 |
REV ROBERT STEHEN HAWKER of MORWENSTOW
a collection of books by or about this famous Cornish poet and eccentric
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£20 - £40 | £45 | View |
| 569 |
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY JOCELYN GREENE
mostly 1st editions
|
£20 - £40 | £100 | View |
| 570 |
W TUNNICLIFF. SURVEY OF THE WESTERN CIRCUIT
the Counties of Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Salisbury 1791, recent leather binding
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£50 - £80 | £20 | View |
| 571 |
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER ELINOR BARLEY
Cresset Press 1930, limited edition of 350, this no. 182, signed by the author
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£60 - £80 | £25 | View |
| 572 |
COLETTE LES VRILLES DE LA VIGNE
Le Livre Moderne Illustre, J Ferenczi & Fils Pais, 1923
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£20 - £40 | £10 | View |
